<?php

/*
 * Copyright 2008 the original author or authors.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

#namespace tehframework\annotations\builder;

#use tehframework\annotations\AnnotationDefinition;

abstract class AnnotationBuilder
{
	/**
	 * Returns an instance of Annotation built from the specified definition.
	 *
	 * @param  AnnotationDefinition $annotationDefinition
	 *         A definition of annotation to build.
	 * @return Annotation
	 *         An instance of Annotation from the specified definition.
	 * @throws BuilderException
	 */
	abstract public function buildAnnotation(
		AnnotationDefinition $annotationDefinition);
}